Adrenaline Wrestling is ending the month of May and beginning June with a HUGE lineup of stars from pro wrestling's past, present and future when we return to Halethorpe, MD and make our debut in Bell Vernon, PA.

First we return to Halethorpe, MD on May31st with our annual King of Maryland Tournament Honoring the late Reggie Rivers aka Prodigy PTV. In addition to the Tournament will be appearances by The Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase (w/ Virgil), The Mouth of the South Jimmy Hart, and former WWE Cruiserweight Champion TJ Perkins. There will be a pre-show meet and greet with all of the stars, so make your plans to be on hand for ACW's premier event TODAY!

The next night, we will be making our debut at the Rostraver Ice Gardens in Belle Vernon, PA when we team up with Mid-Atlantic Wrestling to present Night of Legends. In addition to DiBiase, Virgil, and Hart will be Tito Santana, Koko B Ware, Demolition (Ax and Smash), The Powers of Pain (Warlord and Barbarian), Gillberg, and many more of your favorite wrestling stars.

Tickets for both events are available online at www.adrenalinewrestling.com. Save money with our VIP packages that guarantee you a meet and greet experience with your favorite wrestling legends. The VIP Packages include autographs and photo opportunities with your favorite wrestling stars.

1. Mick Foley came out first and talked about how great it was to be right here in Hanover Pa, was interrupted by Evan Atlas and Ron Holiday, who were going to attack the Hall of Famer till Sicend Made the safe, brawl ended in Mick Foley giving Ron Holiday MR.Socko

2. Ashley America b. Raena Skye

3. Kindred answers Buzz Stryker’s open challenge and won by Count out

4. Doyle Day b. Michaels Amaydo to become #1 contender for ACW Title

5. Alan clabaugh retained light-weight title in Fatal 4 way over Sicend, Jeremy Grimes and Dorian

One year ago, the annual Reggie Rivers King of Maryland Tournament took place in Denton, MD with Ruckus defeating Diaz in the finals of the tournament. In non-tournament action Kindred would face ACW Champion Vic Ramon would put the belt on the line against Kindred, a former ACW Champion, who at the time was willing to do anything to get back to the top of the promotion. The former champion ultimately beat the ACW Champion with ring steps. The man known to ACW fans as the "Demon Vampire" would make one more appearance before leaving the promotion for an extended period of time.

"It was an absence that ultimately needed to happen," said Kindred in an interview with adrenalinewrestling.com. "I was upset with everything at the time and it showed. Winning the tournament the year before to ultimately coming up short in those ACW Championship opportunities was a tough pill to swallow. At the end of the day, I was pretty frustrated," he later added.

A year has passed and it has been announced that Kindred will be returning to ACW to face a cornerstone of ACW in Sicend. While Kindred still awaits a shot at once again becoming ACW Champion, the former King of Maryland Tournament Winner understands the importance of his match with Sicend and the tournament itself. For those who don't know, Reggie Rivers aka Prodigy PTV is a former tag team partner with Kindred. It was important to him to make his return at this event.

"This event has always been special to me. Honoring the career and life of Reggie is very important in my book. He was not only a great wrestler, but a great friend and the glue that held this locker room together. I wouldn't miss this event for anything"Witness the return of "The Demon Vampire" Kindred on June 1st at Michael's 8th Avenue as ACW presents the annual King of Maryland Tournament. Click on the EVENTS tab at the top of the page or click the link below for tickets. We hope to see you there as we honor the life of Reggie Rivers.

A microphone is something that can make or break you in the wrestling business. If you have the gift of gab, you can get noticed quickly in the world of professional wrestling. A good wrestler's career can skyrocket if they're good on the microphone. With that being said, it's not ironic that one of the marquee match-ups on June 1st at the Reggie Rivers King of Maryland Tournament involves 3 of the most outspoken people in Professional Wrestling.

For the very first time, Former WCW World Heavyweight Champion Scott Steiner will make his ACW debut at historic Michael's 8th Avenue in Glen Burnie, Maryland as he takes on BLK OUT's Rob Ziccardi with newly inducted WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett as the special guest referee. Considering the accomplishments all 3 men have had in their careers, Jarrett and Steiner on the worldwide level and Ziccardi on the independents, when we asked fans what they are most looking forward to on this event a surprising yet common answer that was given to us was "the promos that Steiner and Robbie have for this match." Trash talk and promos aside, the resumes of all 3 competitors involved are quite serious.

Ziccardi, a CZW Hall of Famer is a multi-time CZW Tag Team Champion and one of the most recognizable performers in the history of the promotion. In addition, he is a founding member of BLK OUT, one of the most dominant groups in the history of CZW. He has been a mainstay in ACW for the past 6 years along with fellow BLK OUT member Ruckus.

Steiner, also known to wrestling fans as Big Poppa Pump is one of the most decorated athletes in the history of professional wrestling. He has won the Tag Team Championship in the WWE, WCW, New Japan, and TNA. Most of those championships were won with his brother Rick as the Steiner Brothers. In addition, he is a former WCW TV Champion, United States Champion, and World Heavyweight Champion. Steiner is most notably known for his time in the NWO during the late 90's in WCW.

Jarrett, the son of longtime Tennessee promoter Jerry Jarrett was recently inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in New Orleans, LA. Known to Wrestling fans as Double J, The Chosen One, and the King of the Mountain, is a former Tag Team and multi-time Intercontinental Champion in the WWE as well as a formed United States and World Heavyweight Champion in WCW. He is one of the founders of TNA/Impact Wrestling as well as a multi-time NWA/TNA World Heavyweight Champion. During his time in TNA Wrestling, he was one of the people responsible for bringing current WWE Champion AJ Styles to a national audience for the first time.

Can one of the founding members of BLK OUT put the Genetic Freak down for the count? Or will Big Poppa Pump set Ziccardi down in the Steiner Recliner. How will Jeff Jarrett play a factor in this match? The only way to find out is to be there LIVE on June 1st as ACW presents the annual Reggie Rivers King of Maryland Tournament from Michael's 8th Avenue in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Click on the EVENTS tab at the top of the screen OR click the BUY TICKETS link at the bottom of the page. One way or another BE THERE for this great event.

It’s July of 2016 and the man then known as “Pretty” Jimmy Dream was sitting backstage in Pittsburgh at Monday Night Raw. He’s scheduled for an appearance on the show to face Braun Strowman. For most in this position, this would be just a little exposure and experience on national tv before being relegated back to the independents. Wrestling as James Ellsworth on this particular night, he expected no more than just that. Little did he know, he was about to become an internet sensation.

In the course of the next year, he would go on a journey that very few could have predicted. Over the next year, a small kid from Glen Burnie, MD would go on to defeat the WWE Champion (in anon title bout) appear on Wrestlemania and travel the globe with that number one wrestling organization in the world. But eventually, all good things must come to an end.

A week before thanksgiving, James Ellsworth was released by the WWE. While the sting of being released after a whirlwind year had to be rough, the positive to this is that a return to the independents can bring forth a career rejuvenation for “the man with two hands.” And what better place to start than the promotion where he made a name for himself, Adrenaline Championship Wrestling.

What will James Ellsworth have to say in his first advertised appearance, post WWE? The only way to find out is to be there LIVE on February 16th at Michael’s 8th Ave. Get your tickets for the return to prominence for ACW. Click the link below for tickets.

.ACW is proud to announce that Sonjay Dutt will be facing Sicend in an X Division Dream Match on September 29th in Denton, MD.

Dutt, the current GFW X Division Champion can currently be seen on POP's TV series Impact Wrestling each and every week. He is one of the pioneers of the X Division dating back to his time in TNA Wrestling. Sonjay has performed for other top promotions such as Ring of Honor, CZW, and PWG.

Sicend, an ACW Triple Crown winner has been a mainstay in ACW since the company's debut in 2009. He quickly rose to prominence in the Light Heavyweight Division before going on to win the ACW. Heavyweight Championship in 2014, defeating Prodigy PTV in December of 2014.

Be sure to get your tickets to see this great matchup right here at www.adrenalinewrestling.com or at www.brownpapertickets.com. We look forward to seeing you there.

]]>Mon, 03 Jul 2017 16:49:15 GMThttp://www.adrenalinewrestling.com/adrenaline-insider/wylde-and-mana-on-the-fast-track-to-a-title-shotSince the fall of 2016, the tag team division in ACW has been dominated by the Bully Club. The 3 man team of Buzz Stryker, PJ Parker and Adam Ugly have ran roughshod over any competition that has come their way. Their next challengers will be determined in a number one contenders match on July 28th. That match will see the longstanding tag team of BLK OUT taking on a duo that is teaming for the first time in ACW: Chris Wylde and Kekoa Mana.

For those who don't know, Wylde and Kekoa are no strangers to one another. Both have competed regularly on the Delaware independent circuit, as well as here in ACW. However, this will be the first time that the duo has teamed together in ACW. Making a debut as a tag team can be a challenge. In a contest where teamwork is key, it can take some time for both performers to get on the same page. Unfortunately, that is a luxury that the two will not have. This first for the team will be a #1 contenders match with the winner facing the Bully Club for the ACW Tag Team Championship.​"Anything worth doing is going to be a challenge," said Chris Wylde when adrenalinewrestling.com spoke with him late last week. "I am well aware that people consider us the underdogs for this matchup. But me and Kekoa know each other very well and I think we're going to prove a lot of the doubters wrong. We're going to adapt to working as a team faster than people think we will," he later added. Those same sentiments were echoed by Kekoa as well."

"We're going to surprise a lot of people," said a confident Kekoa Mana when we spoke to him over the phone early last week. "I think being put in to a #1 contenders match in our debut as a team here in ACW speaks to promotions belief in our abilities. You're looking at two great athletes joining forces to capture a championship. If there is anyone who can do that, it's us." The two certainly seem confident. However, not everyone is as confident in the abilities of Mana and Wylde.

"When an opportunity at gold is on the line, those two don’t stand a d**n chance against the best Tag Team in ACW," said BLK OUT's Robbi Illuminati. "You can call me The Collector. I collect B***hes and belts. These two are just two more that me and Ruckus have to knock out on our way to that championship." Considering the competitors involved in this match, this will no doubt be a fast paced matchup. Who will be the #1 contenders? The upstart team with tons of potential? Or the established duo with something to prove? The only way to find out is to be in Denton, MD on Friday, July 28th 2017 when ACW returns to Denton, MD. Tickets are available right here at www.adrenalinewrestling.com or at www.brownpapertickets.com]]>Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:19:52 GMThttp://www.adrenalinewrestling.com/adrenaline-insider/remembering-what-the-king-of-maryland-tournament-is-about

This year marks the 5th anniversary of the King of Maryland Tournament. This is such an important event every year for ACW as it sets the tone for the rest of the year. What the athletes fight for, who they fight against, what their goals are, all of this is usually put in place at the King of Maryland Tournament. More importantly than all of that, Friday night is about a friend.

Its been two years since Reggie Rivers left this earth. Still, his presence is sorely missed in the ACW locker room. I remember hearing the news that he had been involved in a motorcycle accident in the Carolinas and figured that while the accident was said to be serious, we would see him again. A few weeks later, we were all shocked to find out that the man known to our fans as Prodigy PTV had passed away due to complications stemming from the accident. Lost was our locker room leader and friend not to mention a father, a husband, a family man. A month later, it was announced that the annual King of Maryland Tournament would be renamed in honor of Reggie.

Many things have changed since Reggie has left us. People have come and gone from ACW. Titles have changed hands and many events have taken place. Despite all of that, one thing is for certain: as long as ACW continues, the legacy of Reggie Rivers will live on.

Whether you're a fan, a wrestler, or someone assisting with this event, remember what Friday night is about. Remembering the legacy of Reggie Rivers, remembering the contributions of Prodigy PTV, remembering a friend.